The transgender model, who was born as a boy named Adesh in Bangladesh (L), says she always felt as though she was in the wrong body

The business accounting student, who lives with personal trainer boyfriend Charles Dubuc, 27, (pictured) has her eyes set on the world's most famous beauty pageant

Amelia has spent £6,000 on her breasts and £2,000 on laser hair removal, and since appeared in glamour shoots in the hope of making it in the modelling world

She said: 'It was the first time I realised you could use surgery and medicine to change your birth gender.

'It was an amazing moment and I felt like I could finally be the person I always was.'

After beginning a course of hormones to alter her body, Amelia opted for breast implants two months later.

And since spending £6,000 on her breasts and £2,000 on laser hair removal, Amelia has appeared in glamour shoots in the hope of making it in the modelling world.

This year she plans to enter beauty competitions like her inspiration, Canadian transgender model Jenna Talackova, who last year won a legal battle to be allowed to enter Miss Universe Canada.

After beginning a course of hormones to alter her body, Amelia opted for breast implants two months later and is now ready to enter one of the biggest competitions in the modelling world

Last year Amelia caused controversy in Toronto when she appeared in a sexy photo shoot - she was left feeling depressed

Amelia said: 'Jenna has been an inspiration and goes to show that in Canada I can be myself.'

However, last year Amelia caused controversy in Toronto when she appeared in a sexy photo shoot in local newspaper, the Toronto Sun.

After her birth gender was made public online a petition was set up by some angry readers to bar transsexuals from modelling in the paper.

She said: 'I was disappointed by the comments about me appearing in the newspaper, it left me really depressed. But thanks to the support of friends I realised it's not my problem, it's theirs.

'I think I am a beautiful woman and people should respect me for that.'

Amelia (pictured, left, with a friend in 2010 and, right, aged 11 with younger brother) was raised in a strict Muslim family in Dhakar, Bangladesh, where she always felt trapped in a body that didn't belong to her